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About the Graduate Program in Anthropology

UF’s graduate program in Anthropology is a mentoring program emphasizing the PhD degree. Each student is mentored by their faculty advisor(s), working closely with a supervisory committee chosen by the student. Graduate students are expected to be in residence to attend classes and seminars, and receive individualized training. Distance-education graduate degrees are not offered. Students formally report on their progress each year, and the progress of each graduate student is evaluated by the faculty in their primary field.

Students are admitted to the graduate program based on their intellectual match with faculty interests, and are encouraged to develop their own research initiatives rather than follow a standard curriculum. Applicants should state their proposed subfield (archaeology, cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, or bio-arch), area of research, and research topics for advanced study, and identify potential faculty mentors. Upon admission, it is the student’s responsibility, in consultation with their supervisory committee, to select an appropriate program of study.

Students receiving graduate degrees are well-prepared intellectually and professionally for success in a wide variety of careers, and become leaders in developing the next generation of anthropology. The department offers teaching experience and resources for presenting conference papers, submitting grant proposals, conducting fieldwork, and other activities that provide for students’ professionalization. Graduate students are welcome to contribute to discussions in departmental meetings, and serve on some departmental committees.

Conference & Symposium Opportunities

The Florida State University Department of Religion is pleased to announce its 14th Annual Graduate Student Symposium to be held February 20-22, 2015 in Tallahassee, Florida. Last year’s symposium allowed over 45 presenters from over 15 universities and departments as varied as History, Political Science, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Classics to share their research, learn from one another, and meet many of their peers and future colleagues. Due to our commitment to collaborative scholarship, students from all fields with interdisciplinary interests in the study of religion and at all levels of graduate study are encouraged to submit paper proposals. The

Call for Abstracts Florida Genetics 2014 – October 29 & 30 UF Cancer & Genetics Research Complex All faculty, students, post-docs and other researchers are invited to submit abstracts of their latest genetics research for poster sessions at the Florida Genetics 2014 Symposium. Submit an abstract online October 3rd, 2014 Complimentary on-line abstract submission and registration are now available at the UFGI website. The submitting author is automatically registered for the conference when they submit their abstract; however, all other authors on the poster must register individually if they wish to attend. Best Poster Honors are awarded to post-docs and students, 4

American University’s Department of Anthropology’s 11th Annual Public Anthropology Conference: “Violence, Resilience, and Resistance” October 4th & 5th in Washington, DC is seeking papers, films, and workshops on: Violence: How does violence, broadly defined, impact our communities? How does violence emerge and how is it sustained? How do varying characterizations of violence – as structural, political, interpersonal, institutional, state, overt, subversive, and so on – influence our approaches to understanding and confronting them? How can we more effectively move beyond the mere study of violence and the problematization of its effects to offer concrete solutions? Resilience: How do we conceptualize

The Age of Sensing October 13-15, 2014 Duke University—Durham, North Carolina a Space to Place initiative In the past, the International Conference on Remote Sensing in Archaeology has been hosted in China, India, and Italy. For the first time in its history, the conference will take place in the United States at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The conference theme will be “The Age of Sensing.” Confirmed keynote speakers include: William Limp (University of Arkansas), Wolfgang Neubauer (University of Vienna), and Frank M.R. Vermeulen (Ghent University, Belgium) This conference will explore the Age of Sensing, broadly defined. We are